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Kyle Dake wins NCAA wrestling title in fourth weight division!

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Cornell senior Kyle Dake became the first wrestler in NCAA history to win four national titles at four weights Saturday night, and Penn State won the national team title for the third year in a row.

Penn State wrapped up the team crown earlier in the evening, as Wright upset top-seeded Dustin Kilgore of Kent State 8-6 at 197 pounds to give the Nittany Lions an insurmountable lead over Oklahoma State.

Wright sealed the victory with a pair of impressive late takedowns of Kilgore, an NCAA champion in 2011 who had won 62 straight matches.

"I knew one of us had to take it upon our shoulders to get it and I thought, 'Why not me? Let's go out there. Let's win this,' " Wright said.

Penn State began the day with a virtual lock on the title -- and the Cowboys nearly stole the crown away.

Penn State held a 20.5-point lead over Oklahoma State to start Saturday's competition. The Nittany Lions also had five wrestlers in the finals, three more than Oklahoma State.

But Penn State didn't have anyone who earned spots in Saturday morning's wrestleback session. That's where the Cowboys made up 17.5 points to cut the deficit to 114.5-111.5.

Chris Perry then gave Oklahoma State a 1-point lead with a win over Penn State's Matt Brown in the first title match, the 174-pound finals.

The Cowboys only held the lead for about 15 minutes, though.

They never got it back.

Ruth won his second straight national title with a 12-4 win over Robert Hamlin of Lehigh. Ruth finished with a takedown to clinch a major decision, giving the Nittany Lions a crucial extra team point.

"I looked over at the coaches and (they) were just saying, 'Cut him. Cut him.' I was like, 'Oh wow, he must be going for a major then," Ruth said.

Jesse Delgado became the first 125-pound champion for Illinois, while Ohio State Logan Stieber won his second NCAA title at 133 pounds. Oklahoma's Kendrick Maple finished an unbeaten season with his first national crown at 141 pounds.

Oklahoma State's Jordan Oliver scored a takedown in the final 12 seconds to beat Boise State's Jason Chamberlain 3-2 at 149 pounds. Iowa's Derek St. John gave the Hawkeyes their lone national champion at 157 pounds.

Minnesota heavyweight Tony Nelson repeated as the national champion.

This was the first NCAA meet since the International Olympic Committee's recommendation that wrestling not be included in the 2020 Games.

There's since been a lot of talk about modernizing a sport rooted in antiquity -- and upgraded wrestler introductions for the finals were a big hit to the sellout crowd.

The athletes burst through puffs of smoke amid dimmed lights and blaring heavy-metal music, their names displayed with colorful lighting. The end of every finals match was marked by four plumes of smoke emanating from each corner of the stage.

The final bursts of white smoke blew for Dake, who finished a brilliant career with an unprecedented title.

Copyright 2013 by The Associated Pres

Follow the link and ESPN has some highlights up. Pretty bad ass to win four titles in four weight divisions.

This is so sick he graduated high school the same year as I did and won the state tourney at my weight. I remember all the national high school wrestling forums would shit on him saying he faced no competition and David Taylor would wreck him. Looks like they were wrong.

This is so sick he graduated high school the same year as I did and won the state tourney at my weight. I remember all the national high school wrestling forums would shit on him saying he faced no competition and David Taylor would wreck him. Looks like they were wrong.